Skirt-supporter.



O. J. WHITNEY.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNEZ, 1911.

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SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed June 2, 1911.

To all UllOl/L it may cancer-71 Be it known that I, CLARANCE J. Vnrr- NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt supporters and more particularly to combined devices which are adapted to hold the waist in place and to support the skirt.

Heretofore, it has been common practice to pin the skirt directly to the waistband and where the skirt was illfitting and dragged over the hips the waist was frequently torn by pins.

It is the object of this invention to avoid this difficulty and, broadly speaking, the invention consists in an article of manufacture in the nature of a reinforcing' pad which may be sewed to the waist and which is provided with belt straps or tapes adapted to pass around the waist and be tied in the front, so as to prevent the waist from riding up above the skirt band.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a detail elevation of the rear of the waist showing the device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through a portion of the same.

In the drawing, the numerals l and 2 designate the companion sections of the pad which are secured by stitching to the back of the waist adjacent to the meeting edges thereof, which are buttoned in the usual manner. A button 3 is secured to the pad section 2 in vertical alinement with the other Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 630,761.

buttons of the waist and is adapted to be engaged within the button hole 4 provided in the waist and the adjacent end of the other pad section. In this manner, the sections 1 and 2 may be conveniently united and will thus prevent the waist from gaping at this point. Tapes and 6 are secured to the opposite ends of the pad sections and are adapted to be tied around the waist in order to bind the pad more securely in position, considerable strain will come to bear upon the same when the skirt is pinned thereto.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided a simply constructed pad which may be securely fastened to a waist that is buttoned at the back, so that the skirt may be pinned directly to the pad without mutilating or tearing the waist.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

A device of the class described comprising a pinning pad consisting of two separate portions, each of said portions of the pad adapted to be. secured to the meeting edges of a garment so as to be in alinement with each other, one of the pad portions being provided with a button hole, a button provided upon the other pad portion and engageable within said button hole, and a belt connecting the outer ends of said portions of the pad.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARANCE J. WHITNEY.

Witnesses H. M. OLDER, ELLA WHITNEY.

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